DEDICATION. 



And which by infinite com- 

 binations with natural bodies, 

 produces innumerable furpriz- 

 ing effe&s ; many inftances 

 of which I have here pro- 

 duced. 



The fearching into the works 

 of Nature, while it delightsarrd 

 inlarges the mind, and flrikes 

 us with the ftrongeft affurance 

 of the wifdom and power of 

 the divine Architect, in fram- 

 ing for us fo beautiful and 

 well regulated a world, it does 

 at the fame time convince us 

 of his conftant benevolence 

 and goodnefs towards us. 



That 



